bassjamm Posted June 30, 2007 Posted June 30, 2007 Hi all, Just a quick post. I was down at the Gallery on Friday, i took my Marleaux down for some TLC. I spotted the Roscoe on their site before i went down there and thought i'd have a play on it... WOW!!! It's tone is just absolutely phenominal...so awesome! It's got so much balls to it, and such a classic fretless growl, i was really diggin' it. It had a blank fretboard, but, for once, i actually got on ok without lines, my intonation was ok on it...and it just sang beautifully!!! My only issue with it was the pick-up pan, at centre detent it was fine, but favour the bridge pick-up, even only a smidge and the volume boost and difference in tone was nuts!!! The tone was still kick ass, and i preferred it on the bridge pick-up, but what i'm saying is, you couldn't just smoothly turn it and hear a gradual change, it was like a kick in the nads, you noticed it!!! Whether there's a dodgy circuit, or something not right i don't know...but either way, i still thought it was a wicked bass. I played the Overwater and Ibanez fretless basses, as well as the fretless P Bass in there too...for me, the Roscoe was the winner hands down, the Overwater was nice, with a generally plain sound, but it would suite pop gigs nicely... but the Roscoe was the king of tone!!! I was almost tempted at asking them if theyed take my marleaux off me and let me walk away with the Roscoe...but the Marleaux is more me!!! So, in short...anyone after a fretless with £1450 to burn, you're money would be well spent here!!! Looking forward to trying the F Bass BNF6 that they're getting in... J Quote
bw_user_name Posted July 1, 2007 Posted July 1, 2007 Sounds like you're gonna have some sleepless nights, cancel the summer holiday and buy it .. Quote
poptart Posted July 1, 2007 Posted July 1, 2007 [quote name='bassjamm' post='25461' date='Jul 1 2007, 12:57 AM']Hi all, Just a quick post. I was down at the Gallery on Friday, i took my Marleaux down for some TLC. I spotted the Roscoe on their site before i went down there and thought i'd have a play on it... WOW!!! It's tone is just absolutely phenominal...so awesome! It's got so much balls to it, and such a classic fretless growl, i was really diggin' it. It had a blank fretboard, but, for once, i actually got on ok without lines, my intonation was ok on it...and it just sang beautifully!!! My only issue with it was the pick-up pan, at centre detent it was fine, but favour the bridge pick-up, even only a smidge and the volume boost and difference in tone was nuts!!! The tone was still kick ass, and i preferred it on the bridge pick-up, but what i'm saying is, you couldn't just smoothly turn it and hear a gradual change, it was like a kick in the nads, you noticed it!!! Whether there's a dodgy circuit, or something not right i don't know...but either way, i still thought it was a wicked bass. I played the Overwater and Ibanez fretless basses, as well as the fretless P Bass in there too...for me, the Roscoe was the winner hands down, the Overwater was nice, with a generally plain sound, but it would suite pop gigs nicely... but the Roscoe was the king of tone!!! I was almost tempted at asking them if theyed take my marleaux off me and let me walk away with the Roscoe...but the Marleaux is more me!!! So, in short...anyone after a fretless with £1450 to burn, you're money would be well spent here!!! Looking forward to trying the F Bass BNF6 that they're getting in... J[/quote] The Roscoe/Bart pre and p'up combination is killer in a fretless, however I am little concerned at your comments on the panning/volume issue as that is something I have never experienced with any of the Roscoes that I have played/owned. The pickups are specially wound for Roscoe, the bridge pups being quite honky/jaco sounding and the neck pup fatter/precision sounding. There should be little or no noticable change in volume only in tone, it may be the way it was set up? Regards Mark Quote
warwickhunt Posted July 1, 2007 Posted July 1, 2007 Did you notice any difference in pup heights. I'm assuming it is 2 pup equipped, in which case the bridge pup should be higher than the neck to retain the volume balance. Quote
bassjamm Posted July 2, 2007 Author Posted July 2, 2007 All i noticed was the change in volume/tone (as in a huge change, not subtle as you'd expect from a slight turn). Too be honest with you it doesn't really bother me, i was just letting you guys know...it certainly sounded killer though!!! As for sleepless nights over it, that won't happen...i haven't got a holiday booked yet, and i'm more than happy with the Marleaux, it's a beautiful instrument! Quote
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